Art of the World Gallery is pleased to present Mimetism: Echoes that Breathe, the second solo exhibition at the gallery by Mexican artist Karla de Lara, on view from April 4 through June 6 in Houston. La última obra adjunta es vertical e irá mejor acompañando el texto.

 

Through a dynamic and highly refined visual language, Karla de Lara constructs layered compositions where memory, identity, and place intersect. Moving fluidly between the figurative and the symbolic, her work reveals scenes that feel both intimate and elusive—like fragments of narratives in constant transformation. Faces emerge from luminous surfaces, urban landscapes dissolve into dreamlike atmospheres, and the human presence becomes both subject and metaphor.

 

Often described as the mother of hyper-realistic pop art, de Lara has developed a distinctive aesthetic marked by her masterful use of light, high-gloss surfaces, and dramatic chiaroscuro. These elements create an almost cinematic depth within her compositions, giving the sensation that the images themselves are breathing, shifting, and evolving before the viewer.

 

In Mimetism: Echoes that Breathe, the artist expands this visual language to explore the idea of echoes—visual, emotional, and symbolic forms that repeat, transform, and resonate across time and space. The works presented in this exhibition investigate how identity is shaped through reflection and duplication: gestures, gazes, and environments appear to mirror one another, creating subtle dialogues between presence and absence, reality and illusion.

 

Rather than presenting fixed narratives, de Lara invites the viewer into a participatory experience. Each composition operates as an open visual field in which observation becomes an act of discovery, and meaning is continuously redefined. Through this interplay between perception and imagination, Mimetism: Echoes that Breathe proposes a poetic meditation on the fluid nature of human experience.

 

With an international career spanning more than 460 exhibitions in 40 countries, Karla de Lara has established herself as a significant voice in contemporary Latin American art. Her work is included in important public and private collections, notably at the Museo Nacional de Historia Castillo de Chapultepec, where she remains the only living artist represented in the museum’s collection.